Case 75: Analyzing wear when troubleshooting

Wear occurs frequently on machinery. In its simplest terms,
it is the undesirable removal of material. When troubleshooting
the root cause of wear in equipment, the engineers
interest should be to determine what caused the wear, how much
wear is expected or how it can be avoided. There are many wear
mechanisms for metals. However, the most common form is
abrasion wear.

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